Verbal Abuse

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,

An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.

But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.

Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”

Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition,

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.